BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan’s energy management system is inefficient and bureaucratic, experts say. The National Energy Holding has been operating for three years but no significant changes have been ... Read More

ASTANA (TCA) — Russia’s Peterburgsky Tractorny Zavod (Petersburg Tractor Plant) plans to start production of Kirovets energy-saving tractors in Kostanay (Kazakhstan). This was said at the meeting betw ... Read More

TASHKENT (TCA) — A briefing was held in Uzbekistan on January 29 to mark the opening of the Centre for Public Diplomacy of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Tashkent. The SCO comprises ei ... Read More

ASHGABAT (TCA) — Turkmenistan says it will privatize much of the state-owned transport system and gradually end funding for the nation’s Academy of Sciences as it looks to bolster its struggling econo ... Read More

KABUL (TCA) — An official of the Taliban militant group, which now reportedly controls nearly half of Afghanistan, says the militant group is not seeking to rule Afghanistan alone in any future govern ... Read More

BISHKEK (TCA) — This year’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), released by Transparency International on January 29, paints a bleak picture of anti-corruption efforts in Eastern Europe and Central As ... Read More

DUSHANBE (TCA) — United States Chargé d’Affaires Kevin Covert and General-Colonel Saimumin Yatimov, the Chairman of the State Committee of National Security of Tajikistan, on January 29 attended the h ... Read More

ASTANA (TCA) — Renewable power generation is set to play a greater role in Kazakhstan’s energy mix as a result of financing led by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) for the c ... Read More

TASHKENT (TCA) — A three-day national Table-top exercise on countering the use of the Internet for terrorist purposes began on 29 January in Tashkent. The exercise, for some 45 representatives of the ... Read More

BISHKEK (TCA) — A woman in Kyrgyzstan has been arrested and charged with inciting ethnic hatred during a protest against Beijing's policies in the northwestern Chinese region of Xinjiang, RFE/RL's Kyr ... Read More

ASTANA (TCA) — Over the first 11 months of 2018, Kazakhstan’s total exports grew by 26.4% compared to the same period in 2017, and non-primary exports amounted to $-14.3 billion, Deputy Minister of In ... Read More

DUSHANBE (TCA) — Russian Deputy Interior Minister Igor Zubov has said that unidentified helicopters transported a large number of Daesh (Islamic State) terrorists from Pakistan to the border with Taji ... Read More

ALMATY, Kazakhstan (TCA) — A group of ethnic Kazakhs originally from China have urged the U.S. and Russian presidents to help secure the release of their relatives whom they say are being held at so-c ... Read More

KABUL (TCA) — U.S. and Taliban officials have agreed in principle to the "framework" of a peace deal, U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad said after five days of talks between the militant group and t ... Read More

ASTANA (TCA) — The potential use of the Ob’-Irtysh river, which originates in Kazakhstan and runs through Russia, may give Kazakhstan the possibility of gaining maritime access to the Arctic Ocean wit ... Read More

DUSHANBE (TCA) — This year marks 25 years of partnership between Tajikistan and the World Bank Group. During this time, the World Bank has provided over $-1.5 billion in grants, highly concessional cr ... Read More

DUSHANBE (TCA) — John Mark Pommersheim was appointed as the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Tajikistan on January 7, and is expected to arrive in Tajikistan soon, the US Embassy in Dushanb ... Read More

ASHGABAT (TCA) — It appears that following verbal instructions issued by the high-ranking authorities police officers in Turkmenistan are trying to identify men with beards and urge them to shave, ind ... Read More

KABUL (TCA) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hailed what he called “significant progress” made by the U.S. special envoy for peace in Afghanistan after six days of talks with the Taliban in Qatar ... Read More

BISHKEK (TCA) — Success of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) in achieving its ambitious goals will depend on business. To this end, it is necessary to strengthen the relationship between government ag ... Read More